
Travis Wiens
Upper Management / Consulting
About Travis Wiens:
- Business leaderwith over 25 years of senior management experience in establishing and enhancing customer, supplier, and industry relationships.
- Operations manager with a customer service focus, experienced in all aspects of supply chain management including formulation and implementation of plans focused on continuous improvement and utilization of lean principles.
- Business development and sales professional with an established record of improved sales and profits.
- Strategic planner with ability to define and execute associated tactical plans.
- Demonstrated human resource management skills, with ability to develop organizational structures that optimize individual and company performance.
Experience
President 2010 - present
Kafrit NA [formerly Silon Compounds]
Langley, BC
- Overall management responsibility for plastic compounding company with ~30 staff.
- Implemented innovative technologies to increase production capabilities, gain operational efficiencies and reduce reliance on outside suppliers.
- Coordinated codes & standards development to create new markets.
- Increased annual sales by 300% and EBITDA by six times to date.
Vice President of Sales 2008 - 2010
Silon Compounds
Langley, BC
- Established customer relationships outside of traditional areas of business.
- Directed product development and certification activities, obtaining the highest industry listings, and differentiating products.
Director of Logistics 2006 - 2008
Kitchen Craft
Winnipeg, MB
- Responsible for ~200 employees in design, order management / fulfillment and production support functions.
- Modified overall distribution scheme, eliminating low value-added processes, and reducing associated costs by 12% in the first year.
- Automated production support documentation, reducing customer backorders and production errors.
Vice-President of Materials 2003 - 2006
Uponor North America
Apple Valley, MN
- Responsible for ~150 staff in supply planning, purchasing, incoming quality and order fulfillment functions at three regional distribution centers.
- Redesigned main North American distribution facility through automation, system integration and modification of physical layout. Results include a 60% increase in facility throughput and the virtual elimination of $200K per month customer chargebacks for shipping errors.
- Developed supplier partnerships, which included implementation of process control and vendor quality assurance programs. The end result was a dramatic increase in supplier confidence and greater adherence to supply schedules.
Vice-President & General Manager 2000 - 2003
Uponor Canada
Regina, SK
- Responsible for ~70 staff in all company functions, excluding the sales group.
- Developed strategy and executed plan to amalgamate two sister companies competing in the same market, realizing a 60% increase in operating profit on a declining sales base, in the first year of consolidation.
General Manager 1997 - 2000
Gametronics Gaming Equipment
Toronto, Ontario
Canadian Operations Manager 1994 - 1997
International Game Technology
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Accounting & Administration Manager 1992 - 1994
International Game Technology
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Cost Accounting Specialist 1988 - 1992
Northern Telecom
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Education
- Leadership Essentials Program - 2003 - IMD Business School, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Certified General Accountant Program - 1993 - CGA Association of Manitoba
- Business Administration Program - 1988 - Red River College, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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